We were treated to another brand-new episode of Lost last night. It was called “The Constant” and focused almost entirely on Desmond. I should warn you that I’ve only seen this ep once, but it definitely requires repeat viewing(s) to understand. Why? Because it was mostly about time travel, and had Desmond jumping back and forth between 1996 and 2004 throughout the whole hour.

The ep opened with Sayid, Frank, and Desmond on board the helicopter. They’d been gone from the island for 24 hours, but still hadn’t reached the freighter, despite the fact that the boat was just 40km out to sea. This leads to Daniel explaining to Jack and Juliet about time loss on the island.

Back on the chopper, Frank flies into a storm, which causes Desmond to flip out. He immediately loses his memory and has no idea where he is or who Sayid and Frank are. Desmond thinks it’s 1996, and this starts the episode-long series of time jumps between past Desmond and future Desmond. Far too much happens to recount here, but suffice it to say some of the events are very important.

At the end, Desmond is able to call Penny from the boat. She answers, and there is a joyous, tearful reunion after eight long years of separation. But then the line goes dead, and once again viewers are left with a bunch of questions about what exactly is going on over there.

More random thoughts:

– So Mr. Widmore bought the ledger from the Black Pearl. That means he knows about the island, and about the Hansoo family. He’s far more involved in this than anyone thought.

– I still don’t understand what everyone’s connection to each other is. If Widmore knows what’s going on, then I can see why Desmond would be involved. But what the hell did flight 815 have to do with any of this?

– How wild is it that Desmond and Daniel met in the past?! One question, though: wouldn’t Desmond’s name have rung a bell with Daniel when they were introduced on the island? After all, he does have Desmond’s name in his notebook.

That’s about all I have for this ep… as I said above, I didn’t understand much of it, so I’m going to have to go back and watch it again this weekend!